Jay's 2015 Mazda 6i Touring build thread

[JayinMI]

I also made an acrylic mounting panel for my Director.

IMG_20190428_121746318_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20190428_122226258_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20190428_125855072 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20190428_155739548_HDR by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

IMG_20190428_204003199 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

It's shifted a little to the left, so it's easier to see from the driver's seat, and I will eventually move the lighter socket onto the panel and paint it.

Here's my GB25:

IMG_20190408_124412172 by Jay McGraw, on Flickr

Jay

[Notloudenuf]

I always like to see posts from Jay because he has made TONS of progress every time.

[BigAl205]

I always like to see posts from Jay because he has made TONS of progress every time.

Yeah, and you have to be really talented to put a screwdriver thru a 2-1/2" driver...that takes aim

Awesome work, Jay!

[littlemissGTO]

Great work as usual Jay. One of these days I'll get by and visit with you.

[JayinMI]

Yeah, and you have to be really talented to put a screwdriver thru a 2-1/2" driver...that takes aim

Awesome work, Jay!

I had my GB25's AND my C3Cx's on my toolbox, the screwdriver took a funny bounce. I saw where it was headed (all of the speakers were in a pile, so to speak)
and this was the face I made:

https://media.giphy.com/media/N71kWAa1wM7NC/giphy.gif

Jay

[JayinMI]

Anytime, Shauna.

[JayinMI]

So, yesterday when I got home my GF handed me a manila envelope that came in the mail from Tennessee. Apparently I got an award for being the only competitor in Mod Street from Michigan. lol. I didn't know, or I could have grabbed it when I was at Finals. Ooops.

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Jay

[JayinMI]

So, for the last week or so, I've had 6 12's in my car. Only two were hooked up and the other 4 were sliding around hitting things.
I managed to score 4 JL 12W3V2's, with nearly missing surrounds for free. Kit to replace all 4 surrounds was $44. I may have found the subs
for The Distraction. lol

Also, (once I can find a box to fit them into) I'm sending my tweeter pods to Richard Hall for his Mazda 6. I came up with an idea for new ones.

Probably be a while before I get to build them, tho, so for now the tweeters are off axis held on to the sails with industrial strength velcro-like fasteners.

No tuning has taken place since the day I got home from Finals.

Update complete. lol

Jay

[JayinMI]

Some of you may be familiar with a my 1989 S-10 project, that I called "The Distraction." There's a slow build thread in the "other modifications" section.
Well, I recently picked up a Distraction for the Distraction. Sigh.

After putting 100k miles on my Mazda in like 2.5 years, I decided I should look at a cheap beater to drive for work. I happened to hop back on to Neons.org and
amazingly found a very solid Forest Green '99 Expresso Coupe near my parent's house with an asking price of $650 obo.

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It was originally an automatic, but has been manual swapped, has an Iceman cold air intake (with the battery tray), a Mopar Performance PCM, an embroidered Neon hood bra (also, I'm told a fairly rare thing nowadays.) It rides on adjustable Koni Struts with Mopar High rate and Extra High rate springs. It sits on some 15" Rotas, and came with an extra set of wheels and tires. The PO replaced the battery just before I came to test drive it.

I picked it up for $550. I could probably part out some of the parts and get another $300 or so back on that price.
We'll see.

I ordered a bunch of new stuff for it, and will be doing a timing belt/tensioner/water pump before I drive it on anything longer that about a 10 mile trip.

When I was considering license plates, I thought about "NOTLDAY" (Not Leonard Day) but decided to go with something else. lol

I may also steel Jacob Brown's plate next go round, which reads "370H55V" But you have to read it upside down. lol

This could potentially become a MECA Stock-class car for me.

Jay

[nadams5755]

fuckin' neons.